A Suffolk Saltmarsh Perspective Karen Thomas Project Manager Water Management Alliance
Overview • Suffolk Saltmarshes and Estuaries • History of realignment • Estuary Plans • Partnership working • Community-led approaches • New approaches • Challenges & Opportunities
Background and History
Unmanaged Realignment
Managed Realignment
Monitoring and Review • How are we monitoring? • Strategic and Local • Coordination • Citizen science • New approaches with new tech • Analysis Analysis Analysis! • Sharing lessons
Estuary Plans and Partnerships
Blyth Estuary Group
Community-led ApproachesPractical & Affordable • Saltmarsh Restoration • Beneficial Use of Dredgings • Pilots • Learning Lessons • Transferability • Sharing techniques and ideas
Restoration
Beneficial Use
Dec 2013 Tidal Surge
Taking a Strategic Approach
Investing in natural capital Saltmarsh restoration on the Deben Estuary
Waldringfield – A community approach
Have we got it right? • Why don’t we do what the Dutch do? • Interpreted Habitats Directive differently • Restoration of intertidal habitats is important to their coastal policy • Building with Nature programme • Local funding augments National • Can we learn from this?
National Policy and Legislation Community Support
SUFFOLK SALTMARSH FRAMEWORK Emerging Estuary Plans Joined up-Strategic Monitoring and Local monitoring
Streamline Consents and Permissions
Natural Capital New Funding Sources Socio-Economics
Funding Ideas The Size of Wales Project
£2M raised by 2013 and now they aim to double that by 2017
Funding Ideas
Natural Capital Deben Saltmarsh Pilot
Saltmarsh restoration and beneficial use of dredging 6 year plan of projects 4 asset classes How do we value the marshes and who should pay? How do we attract investment? Create a Suffolk Saltmarsh Code Create a cottage industry and revive traditional skills
But if you try sometimes………….
You might just get what you need!
Questions